biting medals

[gold]

  what's with people biting their medals for the cameras?
  is it to show that it's real gold? or do they think it's one of those chocolate gold coins?

[wondering as well]

I was wondering that too! Hope someone has the answer

[Goldfinger]

I think they're trying to be amusing biting the medal, it doesn't really work though. I'll let them off that, as they manage to maintain their dignity during the medal ceremony, resisting the urge to bounce up and down like soccer benders do.

[why do you]

care ?

let them celebrate however they like ..........sheeesh some people really need to get a life

[Mr Porky]

The PP shouldnt mock the OP or the other posters. unlike the Gold medal winning Olympians the people who post irrelivant messages on here all day are life's real winners.

[lifes winner]

yup we certainly are 

the biting thing is probably one of those things - they all think they're the first to do it......a bit like those people who make a peace sign every single time they have their photos taken 

either that, or some wag from the Olympic committee has told them that they ARE made of chocolate and so the choccy starved athletes can't wait to try it to see if it's true.

[i'm OP]

  thanks for your support mr P.
  indeed it took years of hard training and discipline to come up with my irrelevant observation.

[Mr Porky]

Anyone can come up with an observation.

It's taking the time to log into this website and write about it that sets you apart from other cyber athletes.

Well done!

[goldmedallist]

As a gold medal winner myself, it's got a lot to do with them as if they're chocolate medals wrapped in gold foil.

It's just a joke. Shame it has to be explained.

[hmmmm...]

  yes, i know a lot of gold medal olympians regularly log onto this website. thanks for the info...

[goldmedallist]

hmmm, I wonder who said she was a gold medal olympian?

[Are they real?]

Since it is in China, you want to make sure the medals are real & have some quality...

[to Are They Real]

Since it is in China, you want to make sure the medals are real & have some quality...

There we go with the China bashing again.  How ordinary.  Are you sure that biting the gold medal just came about in this Beijing Olympics?

Perhaps Goldmedallist can throw some light on this.

[goldmedallist]

The gold medals I've won have always been silver plated with a layer of gold - I've had this confirmed by my insurance company when I had them insured. I won all mine for swimming.

That being said, I do know a gold medal olympian and he says the same of the one he won in Sydney. Apparently if any country tried giving out PURE/SOLID gold medals, it'd cost too much for what is already an olympian bill for being a host nation.

[tennis watcher]

Aren't they just being encouraged by the press photographers to jump on the Nadal bandwagon for a good photo op?